Merryn

Meaning: (Joyful, Lighthearted, Of the Sea, Star of the Sea, Pearl of the Sea, Beloved of Amun, Pregnant Mother, Variant of Merry, A traditional name from Cornwall, Used since the Middle Ages, it was originally used as a man’s name. St. Merryn is the name of a village in Cornwall and the name may have originally been given to girls born here.)

Origin: (Old Cornish, Old English, Latin, French, Scandinavian, Egyptian)

Pronunciation: (MEH-rin, MEER-uhn, MEH-RihN)

Gender: Female

I was looking up the meaning of a name and saw this one. I have decided to use it as the name of my main characters ancestress in my current novel I am writing. I had never seen this name before but I really like it. The meanings are beautiful and it is interesting in its look.

Adabella

Meaning: (Lovely, Ornament, Adornment, Brightness, Noble, Honorable)

Origin: (Spanish, Hebrew, Germanic)

Pronunciation: (AEDAHBEHL-AH, add-a-bell-a)

Gender: Female

I was looking up another name and saw this one. The meanings are pretty and lovely. This is a good alternative to the more popular Isabella if you want Bella as a nickname but not be with the name Isabella. It has a classy very proper look though I had never seen or heard of it if before. But it just seems like one of those names I could see on a southern belle in the late 1930’s – 1940’s or something. I could see a lady on a large covered porch sipping sweet tea and waiting for her beloved to return from war.

Elyse

Meaning: (From the Blessed Isles, God’s Promise, God is My Oath, Variant of Elisa, Elissa, Elizabeth, Elysia. It was popularized in the early 1980s by a character from the television comedy 'Family Ties'.)

Origin: (Greek, Hebrew, Latin, English)

Pronunciation: (eh-LEES)

Gender: Female

I think this is a beautiful name with lovely pretty meanings. I keep thinking there is a name similar in look on the blog but I can’t remember the name and too many posts to look through, LOL. I imagine this in another world setting. I love the look of this name.

Anki

Meaning: (God is Gracious, God Has Shown Favor, Learning by Heart, Memory Work, Variant of Ann.)

Origin: (Swedish, Dutch, Nordic, Finnish, Hebrew, Japanese)

Pronunciation: (AENGKIY, AHN-key)

Gender: Female

I think this was one of the names of the mother of one of my favorite music artists. It’s been a while so I can’t really remember if this is it. So this I believe was one of the names and the other was Alla *see on list of posts*. I think this is a pretty name that has good meanings. I like the foreign to English speakers look.  

Alla

Meaning: (Deity, God, The Other, Of a Noble Kind, Defender of Men, Noble, Honorable, Ornament, Brightness, Variant of Ella and Alexandra.)

Origin: (Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Russian, Old Greek, Germanic, Hebrew)

Pronunciation: (AALLaa, ahl-lah)

Gender: Female

I think this was one of the names of the mother of one of my favorite music artists. It’s been a while so I can’t really remember if this is it.  I think though short it has a good look. I don’t think I would particularly like it as a characters first name but maybe if it was part of double barrel name I would like. The meanings are lovely and strong. I like the name but am not like in love with it.

Adalind

Meaning: (Noble and Tender, from the Germanic elements adal "noble" and linde "soft, tender".)

Origin: (Ancient Germanic)

Pronunciation: (ada-lind, ada-lyn)

Gender: Female

I saw this when I read information for an episode of the TV Series Grimm. My parents are obsessed with that show. Anyway one of the characters is named this. I however do not watch the show as it is on the same time as one of my shows. Adalind looks like a really pretty name. It has a unique look but still uses common elements. I like the meanings a lot as well. It is just such a cute and pretty name. I could see this on nobility maybe in a sci-fi / fantasy setting.

Halliwell

Meaning: (Holy Well, Lives by the Holy Spring, Place Name. This interesting English surname with spellings including Hallawell, Hallewell, Helliwell, Holliwell and Hollowell is of locational origin. It derives from any of the several places named with the Old English pre 7th Century elements "halig" meaning "holy", plus "well(a)", a well or spring. These places include Halliwell in Lancashire, recorded as Haliwell circa 1200; Holwell in Dorset and Oxfordshire appearing respectively as Halegewelle and Haliwelle in the Domesday Book of 1086; Halwell and Halwill in Devonshire, recorded as Halgewilla in 1086, and Holywell in Northumberland, Kent, Cambridgeshire and Cornwall. There is also a place in Clwyd called Holywell. John de Halewell, of Halliwell, was Dean of Lancashire in 1288, and in 1327 Editha atte Holywelle appeared in the "Subsidy Rolls of Somerset". An interesting namebearer was James Orchard Halliwell, (1820 - 1889), who arranged and described the Stratford-on-Avon archives, and wrote much on the history of the town. His "Life of Shakespeare" appeared in 1848. A Coat of Arms granted to the Halliwell family consists of a gold shield with three silver goats trippant, and attired in gold, on a red bend. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Osbert de Haliwell', which was dated 1200 - "The Pipe Rolls of Suffolk", during the reign of King John, known as Lackland, 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. )

Origin: (Old English)

 

Pronunciation: (HHAEL-IHVEHL, hal-lee-well, hall-E-well, hal-uh-well, hal-lah-well)

 

Gender: Uni-Sex

I have decided to use this as a surname in the current novel I am writing. I first saw this on a TV series as a surname. It has a good meaning and has a nice long history of use. As a given name I would be very interested to see the reason for use but I think I would like it a lot.

I pronounce it hal-uh-well or hal-oh-well or hal-lah-well but apparently that is an American pronunciation use but that is how I at first heard it. Apparently hal-lee-well or hall-E-well are more acceptable versions by some.